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Managing power with PowerPanel

 

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The PowerPanel utility controls the power management of your notebook and provides key information

 

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about system activity and battery life. The automatic power management selects the most advantageous

profiles, or lets you customise the profiles you choose, according to your own needs, with the goal of

 

 

extended battery life. Moreover, performance of your computer can be improved with Performance

 

Balancer, both for battery and AC mode, adjusting LCD brightness and CPU fan noise.

 

 

PowerPanel has the following features:

 

Automatic Profile Selection (APS) based on the currently active application;

Ability to select specific Power Profiles manually from the menu;

Ability to edit and create new profiles;

Ability to display detailed battery information;

It works in harmony with your Windows® settings;

Support for Windows® XP Theme;

ToolTips to signal Power Profile changes;

Ability to select limited Power Profiles directly from the Power Profile page;

Ability to prevent specific users from modifying profiles.